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good
to see the one hundred acre festival in the news...
this is a weekend bash taking place near longstanton and i for one
hope to be dropping in, if only to take notes...
i've spent the week driving around the county and festival, carnival,
fete and feast notices are springing up faster than housing estates
on the a10. the hundred acre festival is a new event, however, and
the thirty quid asking price for a ticket is a very reasonable figure
judging by today's prices. i wish them all the luck going for this
new and welcome enterprise. this past fortnight alone has featured
the wilburton beer festival, a national chopper club bash at quy,
buntingford carnival and a weekend bash at soham, and these are just
the shows that i've been handed fliers for, all featuring live music.
hurrah... maybe there just isn't the room to
squeeze in a little free festival in the city. ely city, that is.
whatever. we're still in there, batting away. once more into the breach.
ely feast supporters will be as delighted
as we were to hear that the official bods have finally
given us written authority to hold the feast on willow walk/lavender's
land/field/wherever. that gives us six
weeks of preparation and planning, admittedly the bulk of which
has been done already, but the necessary licences and insurances need
to be submitted in good time and i fear that time may have passed.
expect further news in a few days.
pure fundraising gigs ground to a close last
night.
the bit in the middle, again occupied by sir michael of gilletshire
and his lovely associate, al, evers Pal, was thoroughly entertaining
and a nice contast from the main attraction - the
jon beedle electric boogie band. jon treated a paltry fifty punters
[50 punters = 50 quid raised for aquarius,
a local charity for disabled adults = pat on collective head] to a
blistering hour and a half's rock. jon falls easily into the guitar
hero category with dave's drums and pete wilsher's bass providing
a platform you can land a jumbo on. that's not to say the night was
[this week's joke coming up] plane sailing. the second set was plagued
with problems, jon's amplifier in particular, but these guys are seasoned
pros and even if their own attack is malfunctioning they still have
enough to beat off allcomers going full steam ahead. some
of the set was breathtaking, and the half hundred in attendance left
well satisfied.
the "classic rock" theme gave us the
chance to dust off some scratchy old l.p's., including my own
copy of "who's next". ironic, in that i woke this morning
to learn that john entwhistle had died in las vegas. john played bass
in a band who famously hoped they'd die before they got old, which
only goes to show what dreadful liars musicians
are. fifty seven was way too young for john, his family, and
his friends. i shall be giving "my generation" a wistful
spin or two over the weekend.
looking to the future, sixties night at pure
looms large on the horizon. we will be welcoming back realnumbers,
the first band of these sessions to make a return appearance. having
personally checked them out last weekend i can confirm that the boys
are in fine shape and i look forward to seeing them at the club on
11th july.
i'll
see you both there...
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